Safety and effectiveness of bone allografts in anterior cervical discectomy and fusion surgery

Spine

Volumn 36, Issue 24, 2011, Pages 2045-2050

  Miller, Larry E ^a,b   Block, Jon E ^b  

^a Miller Scientific Consulting Inc   (United States)

^b The Jon Block Group   (United States)

Author keywords

ACDF; allograft; arthroplasty; autograft; cage; cervical; fusion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; BONE ALLOGRAFT; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION;

BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DISKECTOMY; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUESTIONNAIRES; RADICULOPATHY; SPINAL FUSION; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 80455156450     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181ff37eb     Document Type: Article

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